(Paper) CTET: Language English Part- 4 : (Paper-1) - 2011

Central Board of Secondary
Education

Central Teacher Eligibility Test :
(Paper - I)

Pervious Paper 2011

(Part-4) Language English

Directions : Read the passage given below and answer the questions that
follow (Q. No. 1 to 9) by selecting the most appropriate option.

1 Max Weber laid the foundation for my belief that
decent and hard-working people with high aspirations make great nations, no
matter what the odds are. This was the first piece of the development puzzle for
me. Mahatma Gandhi opened my eyes to the importance of good leadership in
raising the aspirations of people, making them accept sacrifices to achieve a
grand vision, and most importantly, in converting that vision into reality. He
unleashed the most powerful instrument for gaining trust – leadership by
example. He ate, dressed, travelled and lived like the poor. Walking the talk
was extremely important to the Mahatma who understood the pulse of our people
like no other Indian leader. The biggest lesson for me from Gandhi’s book and
life is the importance of leading by example. I realized fairly early that this
was the second piece of the development puzzle.

2 Frantz Fanon’s book on the colonizer mindset of
elites in a post-colonial society opened my eyes to the role of the bureaucracy
and the elite in decelerating the progress of the poor and the disenfranchised.
The colonial mindset of the ‘dark elite in white masks’ in a post-colonial
society – the mindset that the ruled and the rulers have different sets of
rights and responsibilities with a huge asymmetry in favour of the rulers — was
indeed the third piece of the development puzzle. I see this attitude of the
Indian elite every day in how they send their children to English medium schools
while forcing the children of the poor into vernacular schools, extol the
virtues of poverty while living in luxury, and glorify the rural life while they
sit comfortably in cities.

1. The main purpose of the author in the above passage is to(1) discuss the different writers he has read
(2) argue why India should not be considered a developed country
(3) delineate the lessons he has learnt for the development of a nation
(4) prioritise goals for only economic development of India

2. The first piece of the development puzzle, according to the author, is(1) creating a team of industrious people for a national cause
(2) the importance of decent, inspired and industrious people for a nation’s
development
(3) imbuing the citizens of the country with decency and aspirations
(4) the need for making people understand the importance of leading an
idealistic and simple life

3. Mahatma Gandhi proved that only leadership by example can

(1) mobilise the people of a country against colonial rule
(2) fully and properly understand the pulse of the people of a country
(3) gain the trust of the people so that they are willing to make sacrifices for
a larger cause
(4) inspire people to eat, dress, travel and live like the poor

4. The expression ‘walking the talk’ means(1) addressing public gatherings in an election campaign
(2) talking to the common people by mingling with them
(3) being diplomatic in one’s behaviour and words
(4) practising what one preaches

5. The colonial mindset of ‘dark elite in white masks’ with reference to
the passage is(1) discriminating people on the basis of the colour of their skin
(2) an assumption that the administrators and politicians have more rights and
privileges than the common people
(3) looking down upon the poor and the disenfranchised
(4) the bureaucratic practice of according topmost priority to confidentiality
in official dealings

6. Extolling ‘the virtues of poverty while living in luxury’ is an
instance of(1) the hypocrisy of the people of our country
(2) practising what you preach
(3) the ideal of a good government
(4) the need to make people adopt a simple life

7. ‘I realized fairly early that this was the second piece of the
development puzzle.’ The underlined part of this sentence is a/an(1) Adjective clause
(2) Adverbial phrase
(3) Noun clause
(4) Verb clause

8. Pick out a word or phrase from the second paragraph of the passage that
means the same as ‘to make (something) go slower’.(1) disenfranchised
(2) dark elite
(3) decelerating
(4) vernacular

9. ‘Development’ is a noun with ‘-ment’ as a suffix. Which of the
following will become a noun if we add the suffix ‘-ment’ to it ?(1) Extort
(2) Enter
(3) Enchant
(4) Endure

Directions : Read the poem given below and answer the questions that
follow (Q. No. 10 to 15) by selecting the most appropriate option.

On A Tired Housewife Here lies a poor woman who was always
tired, She lived in a house where help wasn’t hired: Her last words on earth
were: ‘Dear friends,
I am going To where there’s no cooking, or washing, or sewing, For everything
there is exact to my wishes, For where they don’t eat there’s no washing
of dishes. I’ll be where loud anthems will always be ringing, But having no
voice I’ll be quit of the singing. Don’t mourn for me now, don’t mourn for me
never,
I am going to do nothing for ever and ever.’ Anonymous

10. The woman described in the poem(1) was very busy doing chores
(2) was no more
(3) lived in her own house
(4) worked in the house of a rich man